Combined cornice and curtain-hanger.



Patented 8e t. ll I900. o. B. HELLSTROM.

COMBINED CURNICE'AND-CURTAIN HANGER.

(Application filed Dec. 12, 1899.)

(No Ilodel.)

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'NITEI) STATES- PATENT ()F'FicE.

OSCAR BERNHARD HELLSTRGM, OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.

COMBINED cosmos ANdCURTAlN-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,538, dated September 11, 1900. Application filed December 12, 1899. Serial No. 740,113. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

BeitknownthatI,OscARBERNHARDHELL- sTRoM, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, and a resident of Sydney, in the county of Cumberland .and Colony of New South Wales, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Cornice and Curtain- I-Ianger, of which the following is a specifica 'tion.

This in vention has been devised for the purpose of lessening the difficulties that housewives encounter in hanging lace and other cur tains.

To this end the invention comprises a cornice-frame withtwo articulated folding slips,

between which the curtain is placed, and a retaining flange or batten for retaining inthe folded position the plaited slips and curtain. It further includes the construction and arrangement hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

The external surface of the cornice may be decorated in anysuitable manner. The cornice is constructed with its top and end sides hinged or articulated, so that they may be opened outward, while its back and bottom sides are left quite open. The cornice will be provided with means whereby it may be hung on the molding above the window. Attached to the rear side of the front of the cornice is a pliable or articulated slip of any suitable material and of any desirable width. This slip should be of about the same length as the width of the curtain and should be so constructed that it may be folded in plaits and when thus folded would lie Within the limits of the half-cornice with which it is connected. A similar slip of flexible or articulated material will be laid upon the first or lower slip, with the curtain between, so that when the two slips are folded together into plaits the curtain shall be gripped firmly by r the two slips and hang in folds or plaits. In-

stead of the articulated slip being hidden behind the cornice it may be inclosed within a hollow ornamental curtain-pole.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the combined cornice and curtain-hanger with the curtains fixed in position ready for hanging. Fig. 2 is an underneath' plan of the appliance viewed from beright-hand end of Fig. 1, but with the end open, as in'Fig. 3, and the top raised. Fig. 5 is a detail of the articulated slips shown folded on the left-hand side of Fig. 2 and illustrates the manner in which the two slips will be straightened out and opened ready to receive the upper end of a curtain. Fig. 6 is a front elevation, partly in section, showing the articulated slips inclosed in a curtainpole.

A, Fig. 2, is the lower edge of the front face of the cornice, which may be ornamented in any suitable or tasteful manner. Articulated at a a,) near the center of the cornice,) to the rear side of the front face, are the two slips B B, which are hinged orjointed at the points I) b, so that they may be folded into plaits. The free end of the upper slip B is provided with an end piece 0, which is absent from the under slip B. The

reason for this will hereinafter be made plain.

The t0pD and ends E Eare hinged at d and e 6, so that they may be opened outward. They are also respectively provided with hinged clips F F F, whereby they may be firmly retained in the closed position, the

hinges being shown at fff The under side of the top D is provided with a retaining flange or batten G, which is employed to retain in position and secure the slips B B when the curtain has been placed between them and folded. Within each of the ends E E is a channel-piece h h to receive and retain the extremities C of the slips B when the whole appliance is closed up. The curtains J J are shown in position and secured in Fig. l.

The modus operandt: is as follows: The cornice is laid face downward on a table. The clipsF F F are released, when the top D and the ends E E will open outward into the positions shown at Figs. 3 and 4:. The extremities O of the slips B are released from the channel-pieces h h, and the slips B B are then opened out, as shown in Fig. 5. The curtain J is laid evenly between the slips and secured by the clip F. By closingDllhe.

flange or batten will be laid against the folded li a d w l reta n the in ma den The extremities O are laid into the channelpieces h h, and the ends E E may then be closed and e r d to th mp D b means of the clips F F The clip F is secured to the rear side of the front face A of the cornice. ppliance may then be sus ended by: the eyes or rings K K above the window,

said eyes being carriedbythe top D;-

For convenience of illustration the cornice has been shown of double construction; but

it is considered preferable that each half of the cornice should be independent 'of the other half, so that one curtain only might be fixed and suspended at one time, i

Referring now to Fig 6, instead of the av ticulated slips B being secured to thecornice A they may be inclosed within a hollowcyli dricalcornicepole J This cornice-"pole. is constructed in two halves, divided longitudinally, the two halves being hinged together atjj. When the pole is opened, the.

over the pole at each end slot is formed in the'bottorn of the po1e,'so as? to allow the curtains to hang through. It is obvious that manyof the details of construction as illustrated in the drawings may be varied without in any way departing tmmthe ma n p nc plflup i wh h the wentiQn-is based.

Having now described my invention, what l cl aign as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v comb ati n, a cornice-f ame with 'twh articulated folding slips, between which 5 the curtain is placed, and a retaining flange qr batten for etaining n the folded position the plaited slips and curtain, as specified.

2; In combination a front plate, which is mended with a. hinge-s top ends W ticnlafred or jointed slips hinged to the rear side 6f the front plate and so arranged that 'ihey can. be folded into plaits, means for secu ring the free ends of the jointed slips, means for securing and retainingin the foldedposi tion the folded slips, and means for securing all the hinged'or articulatedparts of the appliance firmlytogether as and for the'purposes set forth.

' 3. In combination, two articulated .fold- *ing slips, arranged opposite each other and adapted to be folded and hold the curtain between them in folds, and means for holding the slips in folded condition, substantially as described. T

4. In combination, an articulated folding slip, the sections of which when folded overlie each other, and means for holding the slip infolded condition, substantially as described. v I

Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my hand'in presence of two witnesses. u

' OSCAR BERNHARD HELLS'IROM.

Witnesses:

' J. QRMOND OSBORNE,

J s. HUNTER. 

